Reptilia 103 - Beetle - The big crawling in the terrarium

Handbook of forage plants 2nd revised editionMarion Minch is not only a successful breeder of diverse tortoises for many years, but also an excellent connoisseur of native wild herbs. She founded and runs samenkiste.de, which is well known to many tortoise keepers and nature lovers. Her name is inextricably linked with reptile care and species-appropriate nutrition for tortoises. Her handbook of food plants summarises the most important native food plants for herbivorous and omnivorous reptiles. She not only considers tortoises, but also iguanas, spiny-tailed dragons and even chameleons. From the basics of plant biology to native wild herbs to suitable food plants for hardy tropical reptile species, this comprehensive work provides the basis for species-appropriate keeping. In the expanded and supplemented 2nd edition, the plant section is divided according to flower colour. This makes it even easier to identify wild herbs. The work has also been supplemented with a wealth of additional information and many pictures.

Geckos in the terrarium by Astrid FalkThe book offers a comprehensive introduction to geckos and their species-appropriate keeping in terrariums. It explains what you need to think about before buying a gecko and what preparations should be made. The book describes in detail how the terrarium is technically equipped and set up. The care of the animals, their special features and behaviour, their diet, reproduction and rearing of young animals are described, as well as diseases and husbandry problems with tried and tested suggestions for prevention and treatment. Individual gecko species that are particularly suitable for keeping and breeding in terrariums are portrayed in detail in the second part of the book.

Book Jumping Spiders - Phidippus, Hyllus & Plexippus A guide to keeping jumping spiders of the genera Phidippus, Hyllus & Plexippus. Who can resist the charm of jumping spiders? The childlike appearance of their expressive face simply leaves no one cold! In addition, their behavior is extremely exciting to observe, their colors are bright and their requirements for species-appropriate keeping are very easy to meet. No wonder these likeable jumpers are all the rage! This volume in the "Species by Species" series describes in detail what to look out for when buying and keeping them, introduces the most commonly kept species and color forms and provides plenty of tips on how to keep them successfully - so you can be sure they will breed well! Species by Species introduces you to the books in this series, which present the most popular terrarium animals. Each volume offers you detailed, practical care instructions and all the information you need to successfully breed your animals. All important questions from the required tank size to terrarium set-up, technical equipment, species-appropriate nutrition and disease prevention are answered with numerous tricks and tips. Experienced, long-standing breeders reveal how you can encourage the animals to reproduce and raise healthy young. All this in full color, generously illustrated and attractively designed - just about your terrarium animal - species by species

Book "Grow your own live food" - The perfect guide for pet owners Discover practical and detailed instructions on how you can easily breed food for your reptiles, birds, fish or other animals yourself in the book "Breeding live food yourself". With valuable tips on various food insects, their care and breeding, you can save money and ensure a species-appropriate diet for your pets. Contents of the book: Step-by-step instructions for breeding feeder insects Information on the best types of food for reptiles, birds and fish Care instructions and breeding conditions for various live food species Tips for sustainable and cost-effective food production Why breed your own live food? Get healthy, fresh food for your animals Save money and reduce dependence on pet shops Promote the health and well-being of your animals with species-appropriate food Whether you are a beginner or an experienced pet owner, this book provides you with everything you need to successfully breed live food yourself.

Marginata 69 - New Guinea tortoises – the genus ElseyaCover storyThe unrecognised beauties: New Guinea tortoises (Andreas S. Hennig)My experiences with Branderhorst's New Guinea tortoise, Elseya (Elseya) branderhorsti (Ouwens, 1914) (Andreas S. Hennig)Keeping and breeding of Rhodin's New Guinea tortoise, Elseya (Hanwarachelys) rhodini Thomson, Amepou, Anamiato & Georges, 2015 (Andreas S. Hennig)PortraitGeoemyda spengleri, Chinese serrated tortoise (Andreas S. Hennig)ReportageMacrochelys temminckii – Experiences and impressions with vulture tortoises part 2 (Reiner Praschag)KeepingAn alternative to year-round keeping of the Egyptian tortoise in the terrarium – my experiences with seasonal outdoor keeping of Testudo kleinmanni (Ricarda Schramm)EtymologySawbacks and living maps part 4: Graptemys gibbonsi, Pascagoula humpback tortoise (Holger Vetter)Classifieds & animal placement

NTV - Genetics for Terrarium Keepers 88 pages numerous illustrations Format: 16.8 x 21.8 cm Author Jens R. Poschadel & Martin Plath Publisher NTV Contents: Genetics plays an outstanding role in modern herpetology and terrarium keeping. Not only are new species described and pedigrees compiled on the basis of genetic analyses, but above all, anyone who breeds amphibians or reptiles must at least be familiar with the basics of heredity. Jens R. Poschadel and Martin Plath explain classical as well as molecular genetics in this book in an easily comprehensible manner and describe their significance for research and breeding of terrarium animals.

The cave-dwelling rat snake Andreas Gumprecht 64 Seiten 14,8 x 21 cm zahlreiche Farbfotos Inhalt: Der Name ist Programm: Die Schönnatter zählt mit Sicherheit nicht nur zu den attraktivsten Schlangen, sondern zu den beeindruckendsten Reptilien überhaupt. Überdies kommt sie in verschiedenen Unterarten vor, die jeweils ihre ganz eigene Charakteristik aufweisen. Und ihr umgängliches, ruhiges und wenig anspruchsvolles Wesen macht besonders einige dieser Unterarten zu geradezu idealen Terrarienpfleglingen. Andreas Gumprecht ist Experte für asiatische Schlangen, pflegt und züchtet Schönnattern seit Jahren und hat sie in ihrem natürlichen Lebensraum studiert. In diesem Ratgeber gibt er Ihnen leicht verständlich das nötige Wissen an die Hand, das Sie brauchen, um Schönnattern artgerecht halten zu können. Und natürlich erfahren Sie auch, wie man diese faszinierenden Nattern zur Nachzucht bringt, ihre Eier ausbrütet und die Jungtiere großzieht. Systematik und Körperbau Die faszinierende Biologie: Aus dem Leben der Schönnatter Alle Informationen zur artgerechten Haltung: Vom geeigneten Terrarium über Einrichtung und Technik bis hin zur Fütterung Erfolgreich nachzüchten: Paarungsstimulation, Inkubation der Eier und Aufzucht der Jungtiere Problemlösungen: Wie man die häufigsten Fehler bei der Pflege vermeidet, und wie man kranken Tieren helfen kann Brillante Fotos

The Turtle Gardener – A Natural Diet for European TortoisesGuide to keeping European tortoises Over 65 suitable food plants, plus instructions, tips and tricks for successful plant cultivation – 14–99 years When keeping tortoises, nutrition plays an essential role. Through a careful selection of safe food plants, we can significantly influence their health and thus ensure a balanced diet for our animals. As a recognised expert and successful author of numerous books on tortoises, Thorsten Geier aims to explain all horticultural aspects to you in an accessible way. This guide is aimed at both beginners in tortoise keeping and those who have been keeping them for many years. In this comprehensive guide, you will find detailed, clear and clearly presented information on species-appropriate nutrition and independent foraging within the enclosure. Numerous instructions, tips and tricks for successful plant cultivation, as well as over 65 highly suitable and varied food plants, are listed in this book. Furthermore, it contains information on feeding behaviour in the wild, on keeping tortoises in a natural environment in the garden, and on poisonous or unsuitable plants. Numerous photos and picture galleries document all the necessary steps for successful plant cultivation, so that every tortoise owner can grow valuable and nutritious food in their garden, even without a ‘green thumb’. A truly fabulous guide to a varied diet.

Draco 60 - The reptiles of Europe Contents: EditorialReptiles in Europe – a current overview Axel Kwet & Benny TrappThe Spanish reptile fauna Axel Kwet & Benny Trapp The vipers of EuropeAxel Kwet & Benny TrappReptiles of the Greek Aegean IslandsAxel Kwet & Benny TrappIberian mountain lizards and Spanish wall lizards – two evolutionary-biological model cases Axel Kwet & Benny TrappList of the reptiles of EuropeAxel Kwet & Benny Trapp

Draco 31 - Spiny-tailed Agamas Contents: 2  Editorial  4  Spiny-tailed agamas of the genus Uromastyx– Introduction to the taxonomy and ecology of a lizard group specialised in desertsThomas Wilms  20  An article on the species-appropriate setup and lighting of terrariums for keeping spiny-tailed agamasThomas Wilms, Bernd Strassen, Andreas Oppermann & Claudia Petri  30  The Mali spiny-tailed agama Uromastyx dispar maliensisManfred Rogner  42  A particular problem in terrarium husbandry of Uromastyx: cheilitis of the spiny-tailed agama (Cheilitis of Uromastyx)Jutta Wiechert   45  Project “Spiny-tailed Agama”: The Reptilium field research project in Saudi ArabiaThomas Wilms   54  Observations on the lifestyle of Uromastyx ornata in the Eilat Mountains, IsraelDanny Molco  61  Philby's spiny-tailed agama (Uromastyx ornata philbyi) – about an almost unknown beautyThomas Wilms   67  The spiny-tailed agamas of the Sultanate of OmanHermann Seufer, Thomas Kowalski & Hans Jürgen Zilger      75  Causes and extent of the threat to spiny-tailed agamas – attempt at an inventoryThomas Wilms  82  Book box  87  Magazine

Terraria No. 26 - Snakes of South America Peru-BuntleguanTheloderma leporosum > Inhalt: Südamerika ist Heimat einer überwältigenden Vielfalt an Schlangen. Einige davon zählen zu den begehrtesten, aber auch geheimnisvollsten Terrarienpfleglingen überhaupt, allen voran die Grünen Hundskopfschlinger der Gattung Corallus. Über sie berichtet einer der profiliertesten Züchter dieser faszinierenden Tiere, Harald Quirmbach. Weitere Einblicke in die reiche Schlangenfauna des Kontinents bietet Experte Christian Neumann, und TERRARIA-Redakteur Kriton Kunz porträtiert die Gattung Xenodon, zu der mit der bis vor kurzem als Lystrophis pulcher geführten Südamerikanischen Hakennasennatter einer der aktuellen Shootingstars der Terraristik gehört. EditorialMagazinGondwanaland – ein zukunftsweisendes Projekt im Zoo Leipzig. Teil 2: Bepflanzung und BaufortschritAndreas S. Hennig Neue Taxonomie für Gefleckte WalzenskinkeUwe Schlüter 15 Jahre HammKritón Kunz Erstimport des Pazifischen Schmuckhornfroschs, Ceratophrys stolzmanniKriton Kunz Rechtliches, Fehlende Sachkunde: Gewerbsmäßige Zucht und Handel mit Tieren können untersagt werden!Dietrich Rössel Mäuse-Bombardement gegen Braune NachtbaumnatterKriton Kunz „Most Wanted“ – die Suche nach 100 verschwundenen AmphibienartenAxel Kwet TERRAglobalIm Zauberwald der Anden Maik Dobiey TitelthemaVon Froschfressern und Schlangenjägern – Biogeografie und Anpassung südamerikanischer Schlangen Christian Neumann Die Königinnen Südamerikas: Corallus batesii und Corallus caninus Harald Quirmbach Südamerikanische Hakennasennattern und ihre Verwandten Kriton Kunz Erstnachzucht des Moosfroschs Theloderma leporosum Alexei A. Evsyunin, Sergei A. Ryabov & Kriton Kunz Der Peruanische Buntleguan, Polychrus peruvianus (Noble, 1924) Uwe Schlüter Zoropsis spinimana im Terrarium Reinhard Hübers Reise Die Herpetofauna auf Samos – außergewöhnliche Artenvielfalt auf einer InselHans-Jürgen Luef Neue ArtenWinzling in KannenpflanzenAxel Kwet Neue Blindschleichen in EuropaAxel Kwet Unter Forschern Herpetologie im Untergrund: globale Feldforschungen an Blindwühlen Alexander Kupfer Blickfang Von Halbaffen, Pfeilgiftfröschen und Geckos. Zu Gast bei Ute Thut und Dennis Peukert Teil 2Michael Wirth In Ihrer NäheAbo & ServiceVorschau Brutkasten Nächte mit Charlene Ludger Hogeback

NTV, Discover the Snakes! 48 pages colour photos throughout Large format: 20.7 x 28 cm, hardcover Author Kriton Kunz Contents: Discover the Snakes!Snakes are fascinating animals. Children are particularly aware of this because they still have an unprejudiced view of the beauties and secrets of nature as well as an innate urge to explore and simply want to know everything about these mysterious and beautiful animals. REPTILIA editor Kriton Kunz is completely in tune with the views and needs of his young readers and conveys everything worth knowing about these animals in an exciting way that answers children's questions in an easily understandable and simply fun way. What are snakes, what species are there? How does their body work, why do they flick their tongues? Why do snakes shed their skin, how do they hunt and eat? Are all snakes poisonous? What can you do to protect snakes? And, of course, what particularly interests children: What records exist in the world of snakes, which is the longest, which is the most venomous, which has the most babies...?The author not only deals with these and all other questions in detail and in a child-friendly way, but also offers two Extras on: Portraits of all native snake species to get to know and a big snake quiz in which the young experts can test their knowledge!Conclusion: A highly valuable educational book with a high fun factor!